Wow - here’s a fun one. This working papercraft lock and key can be printed right off your printer and assembled with a bit of glue and patience. We normally wouldn’t post this because it does cost a few dollars for the download, but this one is so cool we just couldn’t pass it up. Now see if you can pick it without the key! [via]
We’ve featured silk screening tutorials on here before, but can you ever have too many? This tutorial actually shows how to silk screen the “right way” for a change (as opposed to using glue, solvents, etc. like we’ve shown in the past). It can be used to make some pretty killer designs like you see in the picture.
Follow these instructions and you’ll be up and running in no time. The hardest part is and will remain coming up with an awesome design.
Our friends over at Neatorama pointed us to this cool look poster that guides you, step by step, in making your own sock monster. Looks like a fun project if you happen to have some cool looking socks lying around. Word to the wise: for an extra scary monster, don’t wash your socks first!
Readymech cameras not only look awesome, but apparently they work too! These pinhole cameras will bring you a few weird looks which, incidentally, would be a good thing to take a picture of. Check out all the unique looking models they have, which can be printed from the provided PDF files. [via]
Like playing god? Enjoy weather of your own making with your personal weather machine. Rain or shine, lightening and fog - you can do it all with this remote-controllable weather window. [Thanks, Jason]
Here’s and oldie but a goodie for all you rednecks out there. Go find a shotgun shell out behind your trailer and use it as a decorative flower holder! This would also make a great decoration for a shotgun wedding. Thanks, I’ll be here all week. Try the veal. [via thanks, Tom!]
Back in the olden days, people used to store motion pictures on some sort of primitive magnetic storage device that the Neanderthals called a “VHS” tape. If you’re lucky enough to find one of these box-DVDs, perhaps in an antique shop or at your local archeological dig, you can turn it into a clever USB Hub and relive the glory days of rewinding and non-digital picture. Let’s just hope you don’t have to adjust the tracking on your USB connection.
As the analog airways of yore go dark next February, you’ll probably be left with a boob tube or two that will only be able to serve as paperweights or landfill fodder (or, in the case of rednecks, a stand for your new TV - for shame!). But Popular Science has shown us the light with a handy-dandy tutorial on repurposing your old junker-ware picture box into a new screen for your iPod or CCTV, among other things. The added bonus is that all the hipsters will think you’re cool when you’re pumping Andrew W.K. videos straight from your new iPod Touch to your 30 year old antique TV.
Here’s on for all you sadists out there - a coat rack made from disembodied doll parts! We recommend this project for people who already live alone and are not expecting any guests in the near future. Also, we’re pretty sure that scarf belongs to Freddie.
Just look at those spiffy speakers right up there. They look like someone paid way too much for them and is using them to blast their neighbors’ eardrums. But this wouldn’t be DIY:happy if we weren’t about to tell you how to make them yourself, on the (relatively) cheap. Remember, these are fancy - it’s not just a “put the speaker in a box” operation, it’s more like a “there’s math involved” kind of operation.
Fostex FX120 MLTL Speaker Project. [Thanks, Gio]
We tend to spend a lot of time sprucing up our own living environments without thinking of the little guys. Spiders must be bored with the same old, same old - so why not spruce up spidey’s pad with a little flare? Nina Katchadourian has pioneered the art for us, repairing our arachnid friend’s homes - restoring their functional beauty and creating a live art piece. Of course, the spiders always reject the artwork sometime in the night. I guess they just don’t know good art when they see it.
If you’re looking for some creative things to do with your iPod, look no further than this list of over 75 iPod tutorials for everything from turning your device into a recording studio to running Linux on the little bugger. There’s even some stuff on the list we haven’t seen before (and we’ve seen it all), so check it out! [Thanks, Fiona]
We always cringe when we see these busted iPhone pictures floating around the net. What a shame. The good news out there for anybody struggling with broken iPhone blues is that you can actually replace the glass yourself on the cheap. In fact, making your own replacement will cost you less than a good lunch.
The replacement screen is made of plastic, so it’s not quite as cool as the original - but it still works (even the touch-capability works). Check out the instructions for fixing your iPhone screen over at ars technica.
The day will soon come that all media productions will be 3-dimensional holograms. Until then, we have awesome retro-riffic 3d glasses like those pictured above. If you ever wondered how to make your own 3D pictures then today is your lucky guide, because patenteux has the lowdown on making your own 3d camera rig. There is also some good information about post-processing your pictures and a sample pictures gallery.
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